Cruz Scolds Boy After Child Tells Him ‘You Suck’ At Indiana Rally [VIDEO]  —  La Porte, IN-Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said a kid growing up in his household would have been spanked if they acted out the way a boy did towards him Sunday during a rally.  The pre-teen boy was escorted out by local law enforcement …

America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny … Illustration by  —  As this dystopian election campaign has unfolded, my mind keeps being tugged by a passage in Plato's Republic.  It has unsettled — even surprised — me from the moment I first read it in graduate school.

Craig Wright revealed as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto  —  Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.  —  His admission ends years of speculation about who came up with the original ideas underlying the digital cash system.

Trump: 'We can't continue to allow China to rape our country'  —  (CNN)Donald Trump on Sunday compared the U.S.'s trade deficit with China, which he regularly laments and vows to tackle as president, to rape.  —  “We can't continue to allow China to rape our country, and that's what they're doing …

Senate takes 2016 sabbatical  —  Senate Republicans have left town for another recess with their yearlong claim that the Senate is “back to work” an increasingly tough sell to voters.  —  Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has worked painstakingly to craft an identity that's distinct …

Hulu Is Developing a Cable-Style Online TV Service  —  New subscription service would stream feeds of popular broadcast and cable TV channels  —  Hulu is developing a subscription service that would stream feeds of popular broadcast and cable TV channels, people familiar with the plans said …

Top L.A. County sheriff's official resigns over emails mocking Muslims and others  —  Tom Angel at Burbank police headquarters in 2015.  —  A top Los Angeles County sheriff's official has resigned amid mounting criticism over emails he sent mocking Muslims, blacks, Latinos …

Catching a Flight?  Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security  —  If you sense that airport security lines are getting longer — much longer — you're definitely not alone.  —  A combination of fewer Transportation Security Administration screeners, tighter budgets, new checkpoint procedures …

Bernie's Bad End  —  This is really depressing: Sanders claiming that there will be a contested convention, and suggesting that the nomination fight was rigged.  Can someone tell Bernie that he's in the process of blowing his own chance for a positive legacy?

The Model American  —  In July of 2002, two years before Donald Trump became engaged to the Slovenian model Melania Knauss, he visited her native country for three hours.  The couple had been in London.  At around 8 P.M. on a Monday night, they landed at Ljubljana's Brnik airport in Trump's Boeing 727.

DPS closes 94 schools due to teacher sickout  —  Detroit Public Schools closed 94 of its 97 schools on Monday, citing the Detroit teachers union's call for a districtwide sickout amid concerns about the weakening finances of Michigan's largest school district.

Letting Stephen Colbert Be Stephen Colbert (Whoever That Is)  —  Last Wednesday, the CBS chairman Leslie Moonves ducked into that night's taping of Stephen Colbert's “Late Show,” and then joined Mr. Colbert in his office above the Ed Sullivan Theater.  —  There Mr. Moonves …

Why Bill Gates' Math Error About Climate Change Matters  —  Bill Gates keeps saying confused and confusing things about climate policy and clean energy.  —  Gates has positioned himself as a major player and spokesman in this arena with his “Breakthrough Energy Coalition,” …

After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight  —  Contestants lost hundreds of pounds during Season 8, but a study of them helps explain why they could not keep all of that weight off.  —  Danny Cahill stood, slightly dazed, in a blizzard of confetti as the audience screamed and his family ran on stage.